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+"""
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020-present Open Networking Foundation <info@opennetworking.org>
+SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-ONF-Member-1.01
+"""
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import logging as log
+
+
+def ping(host):
+    #log.debug("Pinging {}".format(host))
+    if host != None:
+        return subprocess.call(["ping", "-c", "1", "-W", "1", host],
+                stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                stderr=subprocess.STDOUT) == 0
+    else:
+        return False